Fiji’s national carrier, has released an updated network schedule, highlighting routes to be served with its soon-to-arrive A330 aircraft. The arrival of new aircraft will also result in increased frequencies to Sydney, Melbourne, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles throughout 2013.

The first A330 commercial flight will provide passengers with a ‘pre-Fiji Airways’ sneak peak’ of the airline's 24 business and 249 economy class seats, between Nadi, Fiji and Auckland, New Zealand on April 2nd. 

The ‘pre-Fiji Airways sneak peek’ flights will provide passengers with an exciting opportunity to fly on the new A330 with its enhanced level of comfort and new in-flight entertainment, before the carrier changes its name offers a new service model and re-brands to become ‘Fiji Airways’ in June 2013.

While the revised schedules reflect an earlier than expected delivery date of the airline's first A330 from Airbus, other highlights of the changes include:

New Zealand – Fiji

- A330 service from Nadi to Auckland five times a week from April to July 

Australia - Fiji

- A330 service from Nadi to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne
- Brisbane will be the first city in Australia to see the A330 on April 21st, with the A330 flying there five times a week until July
- Sydney A330 flights start on June 8th. Weekly flights by A330 and B737 aircraft will increase from 13 to 14 in September, offering customers a double daily every day of the week and up to 17 flights a week during the peak season.
- The first Melbourne A330 flight will be in December. Combined A330 and B737 frequencies will increase from 5 to 6 in the December peak period. 

Hong Kong – Fiji

- The A330 will begin flights to Hong Kong starting on April 4th, flying there every Thursday and Saturday, with the last B747 flight taking place at the end of March. A third A330 flight will be added in January 2014 following the arrival of the airline's third new A330.

United States – Fiji 
A330s to Los Angeles and new B737 departure times to Honolulu

- The United States will see its first A330 flight to Los Angeles on July 1st. The current schedule of four B747 flights a week to LAX will be replaced with a mix of A330 and B747 services offering extra frequencies until November when the A330s will fully take over the route with daily service (7 flights per week). In addition, during peak travel periods, weekly flights will increase to 8 flights a week. 
- Honolulu (via Apia) B737 flights will now depart Nadi at 13:35, instead of the current departure time of 20:50 
- With the extra flights and an improved schedule, passengers will have more connecting flight opportunities via stop-over or continuation flights to Australia, New Zealand, the US and Hong Kong and nearby Pacific Islands. 

In addition, extra flights will allow better connections to intra-Fiji destinations, via Air Pacific’s subsidiary carrier Pacific Sun, offering visitors to Fiji even better opportunities to spend more time in Fiji’s stunning outer islands like Taveuni, Vanua Levu (Savusavu), Kadavu, and the Mamanuca, Yasawa, and Lau group islands.